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Staysail Moderate

Staysail has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts)

2

A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.

See Also
fore and aft bowsprit barge rigged jib hank yankee throat
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fore-and-aft sail
Rhyming Words
ail jail mail hail gail sail tail fail dail zail rail vail kail pail nail wail brail shail skail flail
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